Conservative Fascism

Arnold Kling

By Arnold Kling, Feb 15 2008

National service should be a rite of passage for 20-somethings, and these volunteers could mentor students through high school and college years.

…That’s the conservatism of the fresh start.

I think that everyone who is in favor of national service should immediately set an example. Mr. Brooks would do well to abandon his column and become a student mentor.

Megan McArdle notices a story that Virginia has a voluntary taxation program with little uptake. She writes, This is what economists call "revealed preference". What most of us are really in favor of is higher taxes on other people. If we wanted higher taxes on ourselves, we'd give the money to charity. Imagine if t...

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Thomas Sowell writes, What is called "planning" in political rhetoric is the government's suppression of other people's plans by superimposing on them a collective plan, created by third parties, armed with the power of government and exempted from paying the costs that these collective plans impose on others. That i...

Feb 15 2008

Political Economy

Conservative Fascism

Arnold Kling

David Brooks writes, National service should be a rite of passage for 20-somethings, and these volunteers could mentor students through high school and college years. ...That’s the conservatism of the fresh start. I think that everyone who is in favor of national service should immediately set an example. Mr. Bro...

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